When Carmella and R-Truth first teamed up in 2018, Carmella was the veteran wrestler’s manager. They went on to win the first-ever Mixed Match Challenge competition. Their comedic partnership, which featured the well-known mid-match dance break, struck a chord with the WWE Universe. An admirer of the duo, Brian “Road Dogg” James, admitted that he came up with the concept for the dance break.
He absolutely loves the dance break, he loves Ronnie ‘The Truth’ Killings, and he loved Carmella with him,” James said in “Oh You Didn’t Know.” How absurd was it when they would just stop and call it a “Dance break”? Then, they would return to the action with ease, and he thought that was really fantastic.
They started including other people in the dancing breaks as a regular part of their act; at one point, Vince McMahon even joined in. Not everyone, though, enjoys these humorous performances since they can take away from the gravity of the in-ring competition—especially when they cut into matches to allow for dancing.
James asked, “If you’re okay with someone like Orange Cassidy, who’s quite the character, why can’t you accept these characters?” Truth and Carmella were not presented as a very serious in-ring team during their partnership, in contrast to Cassidy. Rather, their funny skits, which often featured the 24/7 Championship, were meant to amuse viewers.
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American model, dancer, and professional wrestler Carmella. She presently participates in WWE competitions as Carmella. She has held a number of championships in the WWE throughout her career, including the WWE 24/7 Championship, the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship, and the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship.
Van Dale started her career with WWE’s developmental brand NXT, based in Orlando, Florida, after signing a contract in June 2013. Later, in October 2014, she partnered with Colin Cassady and Enzo Amore, acting as their manager. In July 2016, Carmella debuted on SmackDown’s main roster. She won the first-ever women’s Money in the Bank ladder match in June 2017, marking a noteworthy accomplishment.
As the first female WWE player to successfully cash in on her Money in the Bank contract, Carmella made history in April 2018 when she defeated Charlotte Flair to win the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship.
She added to her list of accomplishments in 2019 when she won the WWE 24/7 Championship and the Women’s Battle Royal at WrestleMania. After the 2021 Draft, Carmella teamed up with Queen Zelina, and in November of that same year, they won the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship.
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Ronnie Aaron Killings is an American professional wrestler and rapper. He is presently employed by WWE as a free agent, going by the ring name R-Truth.
From 1998 until 2002, Killings—then known by his ring moniker K-Kwik—was a member of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, presently known as WWE).
He collaborated with “Road Dogg” Jesse James during that period, and the two of them were able to win the WWF Hardcore Championship twice. After being freed in 2002, he signed on with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Jeff Jarrett’s recently established wrestling promotion.
He started appearing as a main performer in pay-per-view (PPV) events under the moniker Ron “The Truth” Killings, and he was very successful. He won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship twice, making him the first African-American to hold the title.
In addition, he became TNA’s first-ever African-American global champion. In addition, he teamed up with Konnan and BG James (formerly known as Road Dogg) to create 3 Live Kru, and the group won the NWA World Tag Team Championship twice. Before leaving TNA in late 2007, Killings even established Team Pacman with football superstar Adam Jones and won the TNA World Tag Team Championship.
